[Radiance-general] radiance install OS 10.1.5

[Fitzsimmons, Rob]

Greg Ward wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> 
> It sounds like you're compiling under Mac OS X, not running the
bootable 
> Linux CD -- is that right? 

Yes - OSX - I Downloaded from the Radiance website
 version 3.4
I actually DL'd both  rad3R4.tar.gz  and  radbin_osx.tar.gz
But it sound like I didn't need the rad3R4, since it has already been
compiled as radbin_osx?

I DL'd and unpacked all the files in a radbin_osx  folder

Are you saying I'm good to go? I didn't need to compile. (I actaully thought
I was installing, not compiling!)
I don't plan on doing anything groundbreaking, just poking around and
looking at some sample scenes.

Thanks for all the help.
Lets see if I can get it to work now.

Rob Fitz

Oh jeez, if I had studied the error messages (or the subject line) 
better, I'd have realized that too.  Sorry!  But I believe the main 
problem is Terrance's CD is intended to be a free-standing unit, and 
does not require compilation of anything.  At least that's the idea, I 
think.

  

Rob F., if you *are* in fact running OS X, then yes follow Greg's 
advice, by all means!  I got a Mac last January specifically to run OS X
(and in turn, Radiance), and it has changed my life.With OS X and the 
pre-compiled binaries, you can quickly get to work with the tutorials 
instead of jacking around with UNIX sysadminning.
That's just one of those newbie things that a UNIX guru assumes is 
common knowledge, but isn't.

As for the include files being missing, I discovered to
> my dismay that Apple's Beta release of X11 doesn't include all the 
> header files and libraries, so it's a bitch to compile things for X11
-- 
> you have to download these from the XDarwin org website.  I'm just
going 
> to recommend that people use the precompiled binaries if they are not 
> doing development work.

Bummer.  I was never able to compile Radiance on my Mac, even before the

advent of Apple's X11.  Guess I'll go straight to the binaries for 3.5. 
  (and Rob F., if you go that route, it's still a good idea to grab the 
source tree and have it around, because there's all kinds of useful 
documentation and stuff in there).

PS
Greg, you used my comcast address again!  =8-)

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